Advisory Council

The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies is advised by a Council composed of distinguished public figures and scholars from across North America, Europe, and Eurasia:

Walter Andrusyszyn
Adjunct Professor for Business Administration, University of South Florida
Director for Central and Northern Europe, National Security Council, 2001-03

Craig Calhoun
President, Social Science Research Council
University Professor of the Social Sciences, New York University

Robert J. Donia
Research Associate, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan
Council President, International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES), Ljubljana

Natasa Kandic
Founder and Executive Director, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade

Aleksander Kwasniewski
Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership, Georgetown University
President of Poland, 1995-2005

Thomas J. Miller
President, United Nations Association of the United States of America
U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 2001-04
U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1999-2001

Stephan M. Minikes
U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2001-05

Jeanne L. Phillips
Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and International Relations, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
U.S. Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2001-03

Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2005-08
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau, 2002-05

Rudolf Schuster
President of Slovakia, 1999-2004

Lilia Shevtsova
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Moscow Carnegie Center

Levon Ter-Petrossian
President of Armenia, 1991-98

Katherine Verdery
Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York Graduate Center

Jerry White
Founder and Executive Director, Survivor Corps, Washington